Robert Eisenman & the Dead Sea Scrolls: Best Interview Ever!

This wonderful interview with Robert Eisenman, famous Dead Sea Scrolls scholar whose views are out of the mainstream, captures the man, his life, and his ideas. He is relaxed, reminisces, and lays out his basic theory about Christian Origins, Paul, James, and Jesus. Check out his web site here:

Also my course on the Dead Sea Scrolls where we consider this and other alternative views and interpretations of the Scrolls vis-a-vis Jesus, James, Paul and earliest "Christianity."

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"Jesus & Dead Sea Scrolls”

Creating Jesus: Gospel of Mark
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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley
מהמלים בקשר את המלים ועל סמך המלים
Retired Prof. of Religious Studies/Christian Origins
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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[ji]

Great, great, interview. The best part was his acknowledgement that many Christians and even Christian scholars cannot place themselves into a 1st Century Judea mind set, but can imagine only a Greco-Roman Christianity mindset from centuries later.

[edgarsnake]

I love listening to Robert Eisenman. He and James Tabor have done the serious legwork. This is easily the most illuminating lecture I have seen relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr. Robert brings it all to life with the flair of a great story teller.. The section on Paul was amazing. Great stuff. Thanks.
Aspire to be righteous!!

[isrbillmeyer]

James Tabor and Robert Eisenman - two of my favourite authors on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

[pds]

Thank you. I have now watched this several times and glean something fresh each time. I would need to use a thousand words to convey what is heartfelt in only two; thank you.

[robertgrant]

Prof Tabor, I see and appreciate why you believe this is your best interview. Bravo. This content has challenged and changed my beliefs for the better.

[johnnygenlock]

What can I say? Academics. They, too, have their biases. And one of those is to reduce the miraculous to myth status, or presume it was simply invented into the narrative. I traveled in India in the early 1970's and witnessed many of the miracles of Jesus being performed by Sages and Saints there. Seeing that . . . was actually what brought me to Christianity. Because it made Jesus' miracles credible.

[whosedoingwhat]

The church was NOT built on Peter sm stone it was built on Yahushua The Rock, the foundation corner stone.

[rafaelsanz]

A big thank you, Mr. Tabor, for your great job. Just amazing how a Jewish sect with a Jewish messiah could have get such an influence in people of European stock to the point that faith in Jesus and his thoughts is the base of European civilization, at least until the French Revolution.

[otterhessian]

This is kicking my butt...Thanks Doctor Tabor.

[EinarGrondal]

This interview is brilliant. Thank you James. 🎉

[CC-lfff]

...eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear...

[karlschneebauer-montronix]

Prof. Tabor is so honest so truth focused so humble

[zzzonezz]

Yep, this guy seems pretty good.. if you don't have an hr, try from about 46 mins on and then you may want to hear the rest. Great interview. Thank you James for posting it.

[TomDavisAtSundown]

Dr. Tabor - Early in my "awakening" to the honesty of Christian/Judaism history (as opposed to theology) I found your work and Robert Eisenman's. In those early days his one-liner "to know Jesus study James" was a great inspiration. I have now read his book, Vol. 1, and own Vol. 2. I have watched his videos and learned a lot. In several of his videos, he seems to be very frustrated and almost angry with some things; particularly how hard it was to get the scrolls released. In this video, I could see his compassion blended with the zeal for the subject. I guess he could be labeled a Zealot for Righteousness???

[aaronaragon]

Robert Eisenman speaks coherently without a script for an hour...amazing. Frankly, Mr Eisenman is one of the foremost thinkers of our time.

[mrlume]

What a fascinating man. Thank you Dr Tabor for posting this. I had not heard of Dr. eisenman before.

[BrotherM-cotj]

Outstanding interview with an independent thinker who has developed an interesting perspective on the DSS and Christian origins. Biblical scholarship needs more people like Eisenman who think outside the box as a result of their non-traditional training and natural temperament and are willing to break ranks with an academy that tends to enforce consensus views.

[tomszumlic]

I love this man! Thank you James for the introduction.

[integrationalpolytheism]

It's eerie how often Dr Tabor brings something out that coincides with my own interests du jour. It started back when I was planning to read the gospel of Mark closely, and within two weeks Dr Tabor was announcing a course on the subject! It's happened numerous times again since then, and now this week I found myself looking up Dr Eisenman for the first time in years because I'm looking into James the Just, and within 24 hours, Dr Tabor is here sharing Eisenman material!

Always grateful, but sometimes it's like Dr Tabor has a security camera set up in my brain!

[swimtrainee]

Thanks for bringing us this interview!